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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1894
Page
5
Local items note bug killers specials at Deams drug store and oil products for machinery. Residents and visitors like Kreps Moyer Markle Feltz Purdue North Turner Kingsland Shigley Domestic Garrett Ches ter Bushnell Noamn. Auction style prices at One Price Cash Clothing House. June events include Ep worth League Peru convention and Fourth of July program with Hartford City and Rushville speakers.
Balbec resident John Harris visits the city on Saturday amid ongoing railroad work. The Fisk Jubilee Singers perform tonight at the Methodist Episcopal church, with other visits noted by Mrs N R Chalfant in Rome City and Dr A E Springsted at the Indiana Institute of Homeopathy. Local affairs include a lynching-timing anecdote, a marriage announcement for Mae Snedden and Will Gatelius, a new Murray Machine Shops venture, and tributes to Judge Heller. The LaPorte Herald quotes General Randall on hat collecting. cemetery plot sales, church services, and a money-giveaway at Deam’s drug store are also mentioned.
Last week the state board directed superintendents to close all prisons, hospitals, and benevolent facilities to visitors and new patients immediately to prevent smallpox spread. The measure will be strictly enforced until rescinded, with severe impact on the insane as daily admissions continue.
The Democratic County Central Committee of Wells County met at the city building for its biannual session. Capt. E Y Sturgis was unanimously elected chairman, with W H Davis chosen secretary pro tem and later secretary. Kunkel received thanks for past service.
A Confederate sentinel in South Carolina is asked how he would react if shells and musketry opened. He replies he would form a line, then clarifies a single man could form a bee line for camp, reflecting wartime humor from Texas Siftings.
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